First concert memories
Tonight my teenaged daughter is going to her first ever concert: Muse with Silversun Pickups at Rexall Place. Being the nostalgic sort that I am, this got me reminiscing about the first concert I attended.
I was 15 when my older brother dropped off my cousin and I at the Coliseum to see B.T.O. (my favourite band circa 1976). The opening acts were Goose Creek Symphony and Trooper. My memories? The crowd was in no mood for Goose Creek's laid back country-rock. Trooper went over much better even though they only had a couple of minor hits under their belts at the time.
The headliners did not disappoint. They were super-loud and the band's giant multi-coloured gear logo above the stage was really dazzling. Randy Bachman and Fred Turner looked even fatter in person than on their album covers. Bachman's guitar playing that night was brilliant and their other guitarist, Blair Thornton, was almost as good. That concert marked the first time that I smelled weed and the first time that I saw glow sticks. I got a really good view of them when some moron pelted my cousin with one that left his neck and upper arm glowing with fluorescent green spatters for BTO's entire set. I also remember The Journal's unfairly negative review of the show the next day referring to the people who were chucking stuff as "dilated hockey pucks"- whatever that means.
Anyone else care to weigh in with their first concert memories?
I was 15 when my older brother dropped off my cousin and I at the Coliseum to see B.T.O. (my favourite band circa 1976). The opening acts were Goose Creek Symphony and Trooper. My memories? The crowd was in no mood for Goose Creek's laid back country-rock. Trooper went over much better even though they only had a couple of minor hits under their belts at the time.
The headliners did not disappoint. They were super-loud and the band's giant multi-coloured gear logo above the stage was really dazzling. Randy Bachman and Fred Turner looked even fatter in person than on their album covers. Bachman's guitar playing that night was brilliant and their other guitarist, Blair Thornton, was almost as good. That concert marked the first time that I smelled weed and the first time that I saw glow sticks. I got a really good view of them when some moron pelted my cousin with one that left his neck and upper arm glowing with fluorescent green spatters for BTO's entire set. I also remember The Journal's unfairly negative review of the show the next day referring to the people who were chucking stuff as "dilated hockey pucks"- whatever that means.
Anyone else care to weigh in with their first concert memories?
. My first was April Wine at a small venue in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.. they rocked!!!!
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